gaijin /ɡʌɪˈdʒɪn
/ ▸ noun (plural gaijin)
(in Japan) a foreigner: in Japan his pale eyes marked him as a gaijin
[as modifier] the sports dailies' vilification of the Tigers' gaijin manager.
– ORIGIN Japanese, contraction of gaikoku-jin, from gaikoku ‘foreign country’ + jin ‘person’.